Maneuvering in Florida
To Avoid Intangibles Tax

For a window into how the region's investors are seeking safer havens for their cash, take a peek at this year's December-to-January jig danced around Florida's intangibles tax.

To avoid the levy on stocks, corporate bonds and mutual funds, some Floridians traditionally have yanked money out of those investments in December and parked it in U.S. or Florida government bonds or money-market funds, which are exempt from the Florida tax....